Improved aerial carriage and way



UNITED STATES PATENT N OEEIGE.

DANIEL TOWSE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED AERIAL CARRIAGE AND WAY.

speeifieeneu forming peri; ef Lettere retent Ne. 71,923, dated December 10, 1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DANIEL TowsE, of the city of Pittsburg, in `the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Aerial Carriages and Ways 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved aerial carriage. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the carriages .H arranged for a two-rope way, and Fig. 3 is a similar View of a carriage arranged for a single-rope way.

This invention consists in establishing two parallel ways of wire rope, either composed of one, two, or more ropes, each supported on piers, and in having a horizontal groovedpulley or drum fastened betweenv the two ways, at their upper end, upon which wire ropes attached to suspended carriages running on said way are wound in such a manner that when one of the ropes is Winding itself the other rope is nnwinding itself, so as to obtain a goandcome movement of the carriages, and hereby a convenient and speedy transitbetween the two points between which the Ways are located is established.

ln my drawings, A A and A A represent the two ways or aerial-carriage way, which are fastened in a proper manner upon the piers B B B B, &c. H H are the two carriages, suspended to bars D, which rest either on grooved wheels S S, or on runners sliding or.

rolling upon the wire ropes A A and A A. f f are two ropes, attached by one end to the carriages H H, and by the other to the drum or pulley G. The pulley G is part of an axle, T, which runs in suitable frames, to hold it firmly in proper position.

F is a set of gearings, which serve the purpose of communicating the movement from the steam-engine or other motive power M to the axle T and pulley or drum G.

X is the low ground, Y is a river, and Z is the `hill or high ground which it is proposed to put in communication with the lower ground X Without obstructing the river Y when the steamer L is seen in progress.

A, Fig. 3, represents a singleLrope way, and V exhibits the manner in which the carriage is suspended to it. l

A A, in Fig. 2, represent the double wire. rope way, and the manner in which the carriage His suspended between the two ropes by the chains V V', cross-bar D, and wheels Operation.

The carriages H and H have ropes fof such length that when the carriage H is atthe lower end of the way, at X, the carriage H is at the top of the Way, at Z; then the load of each carriage is landed and return loads are put in. The engine M is put in motion, which causes the reel to revolve, and when the card riage H' is going down, the carriage H is pulled up. By reversing the engine the carriage will run the other way, thereby obtaining a go-and-come movement 011 the two ways.

It is evident that when it is desired tocarry loads only downhill from Z to X, no mot-ive power is required, as the loaded carriage will, in ruiming down, pull up the empty carriage.

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The combination of the two aerial ways, A A A" A, the drum C, withthe carriages H H `and ropes f f, constructed and operating as specified.

DANIEL TOWSE. Witnesses:

FRANCIS L. CLARK, J. DONALDSON, 

